Balkans Theater of Operation for BMS 4.33 U5
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I’ve had to reinstall everything and try to place new Balkans Theater of Operation for BMS 4.33 U3 as for first page ( 1.73 GB Full Installer ) ( clean install ) still having problen at Aviano AB at taxiways A.
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I’ve had to reinstall everything and try to place new Balkans Theater of Operation for BMS 4.33 U3 as for first page ( 1.73 GB Full Installer ) ( clean install ) still having problen at Aviano AB at taxiways A.
Unfortunately you are right.
This issue came back on ver 3.5 (stand alone installer)…
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Ah!?! Ok, I remind was fixed. Many thanks Nikos
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Installed this campaign. After loading the campaign from the campaign selection screen, my screen goes black at the main UI screen. Still get the audio indication that the buttons are there but the screen is completely black. Exited out of the program by clicking twice in the upper right of my black screen and re-started, same problem. Enabled windowed mode and the intro screen (with Falcon BMS and copyrights) and then the screen either goes black like in full screen or stays on the intro screen. At this point I can’t even get back in to the campaign screen to switch back to KTO, so if I can’t fix this my install is hosed.
Thanks for any help.
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Installed this campaign. After loading the campaign from the campaign selection screen, my screen goes black at the main UI screen. Still get the audio indication that the buttons are there but the screen is completely black. Exited out of the program by clicking twice in the upper right of my black screen and re-started, same problem. Enabled windowed mode and the intro screen (with Falcon BMS and copyrights) and then the screen either goes black like in full screen or stays on the intro screen. At this point I can’t even get back in to the campaign screen to switch back to KTO, so if I can’t fix this my install is hosed.
Thanks for any help.
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Hello there.
Well do you know to handle the registry editor of windows?
If yes, then go to the below key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1
and at the string “curTheater”, change its Value data to “Korea KTO” and click to “OK”.
This will set as current theater the default Korea. So you should be able to run again BMS.Be cautious! IF you don’t know to use registry editor of windows, DO NOT touch it! You may harm your windows!
P.S. The key is from windows 7 x64. If you have a different OS, may vary a little.
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Thanks I’ll give that a try next time. I ended up fixing it by copying the KTO line in theater.lst over the Balkins theater line. That caused the game to be fooled in to thinking I was in the KTO. Good to know where the campaign selection is stored. I do run W7x64.
Is this ‘black screen’ issue common? I would like to use the Balkans Theater at some point. It’s almost like it’s trying to load a 2D UI graphic that my system doesn’t like. I tried commenting out (with #'s) some lines in the Balkans.tdf so the game just used default directories, but no luck so far.
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Thanks I’ll give that a try next time. I ended up fixing it by copying the KTO line in theater.lst over the Balkins theater line. That caused the game to be fooled in to thinking I was in the KTO. Good to know where the campaign selection is stored. I do run W7x64.
Is this ‘black screen’ issue common? I would like to use the Balkans Theater at some point. It’s almost like it’s trying to load a 2D UI graphic that my system doesn’t like. I tried commenting out (with #'s) some lines in the Balkans.tdf so the game just used default directories, but no luck so far.
A good guess is the graphics driver.
At AMD side, with the latest 3 drivers (17.7.2, 17.8.1 and 17.8.2) you can have this issue at some theaters, Balkans included.
So if you have an AMD graphics card, try the 17.7.1 that I also use with an RX 460 ;).
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A good guess is the graphics driver.
At AMD side, with the latest 3 drivers (17.7.2, 17.8.1 and 17.8.2) you can have this issue at some theaters, Balkans included.
So if you have an AMD graphics card, try the 17.7.1 that I also use with an RX 460 ;).
Nikos.Had the same Problem.
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Hello there.
Well do you know to handle the registry editor of windows?
If yes, then go to the below key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1
and at the string “curTheater”, change its Value data to “Korea KTO” and click to “OK”.
This will set as current theater the default Korea. So you should be able to run again BMS.Be cautious! IF you don’t know to use registry editor of windows, DO NOT touch it! You may harm your windows!
P.S. The key is from windows 7 x64. If you have a different OS, may vary a little.
Nikos.On the other matter … BMS registry security … User account is too low (restricted) to change “curTheatre” value … every try to ‘regopenkey’ ends with ‘access denied’ .
Workaround is run as admin , change theatre then exit BMS, then run as normal user.
(Or edit registry key permissions for HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims and give the user full access or special type (custom) of access which must include modify/write.)Problem is where access of registry with ‘regopenkey’, … as only ‘read’ ends with success , but , as ‘all access’ ends with access denied. So clearly when user is trying to change value under subkey … no can do.
Process Monitor (Sysinternals) will backup my findings. Just run BMS windowed under ordinary user with UAC enabled , then look for access denied in process monitor (only registry matters here).Workaround is ‘run as admin’ , change theatre, exit , run normal … fly
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A good guess is the graphics driver.
At AMD side, with the latest 3 drivers (17.7.2, 17.8.1 and 17.8.2) you can have this issue at some theaters, Balkans included.
So if you have an AMD graphics card, try the 17.7.1 that I also use with an RX 460 ;).
Nikos.Yep, that was the problem. I had 17.8.2 and switched to 17.7.1 and now the campaign screen appears normally now. Strange problem. Would not expect a 2-D menu screen to be affected by some driver setting. Thanks!
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Yep, that was the problem. I had 17.8.2 and switched to 17.7.1 and now the campaign screen appears normally now. Strange problem. Would not expect a 2-D menu screen to be affected by some driver setting. Thanks!
You are welcome. Nice to hear that you are “functional”.
By the way, which model of AMD graphics card do you have?
I will try to keep you informed about the newer AMD drivers. I always taste the new one, as also check its speed via 3DMark ;).
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You are welcome. Nice to hear that you are “functional”.
By the way, which model of AMD graphics card do you have?
I will try to keep you informed about the newer AMD drivers. I always taste the new one, as also check its speed via 3DMark ;).
Nikos.Radeon R9 200. Thinking about upgrading though. It’s not an old card but I just upgraded my monitor (my 19" CRT from 2000 finally died) to an Acer H257, 25" 2560x1440. I’m noticing that when I run full screen video, it’s a bit choppy, probably around 15-20 fps. Full screen and full resolution 3-D game performance seems fine. It’s just video, which seems odd to me since I would figure that the card would be working harder with gaming 3-D. I haven’t really started looking in to it yet. If you have any ideas along those lines (higher video memory vs. faster processor, etc.) I’d appreciate any hints.
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Well first of all, get this small free util here: http://download.cpuid.com/cpu-z/cpu-z_1.80-en.zip
Extract the included files and run the “cpuz_x64.exe” file.
Check the tab “Graphics”, there you can see the actual model of your graphics card, because the R9 200 is the family. We have R9 270/280/285/290/295 models and X and non X versions.
Post also your cpu model, type and amount of RAM in order to I have a better idea of your system.
Do you have an SSD hard disk or an rpm one for windows and Falcon BMS?P.S. By the way, we have been “off” the thread object. So better to we continue via pm or “switch” to the thread category “Hardware Corner” ;).
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->Some heads up the HAF F-16block52M /CFT’s have TFR capability the 3d model is the problem that have’t the nav pod as loadout
->so we need to change the dat file to TFR and TGP values in order to work correclty
Also very nice the new digital numbers in altimeter……
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Please have a little problem…HAF block 52 plus.I can not jettison the fuel tanks …I can not mark them on SJ page.
IMHO : very beautiful cocpit model…A would like to have this cockpit even in kto…how to do it? -
How can I fly the HAF 52’s?
Can’t seem to find them anywhere on the starting screen of the campaign.
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I have no TE Training in this download.
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You can create your own TE for training in Balkans, there is training range in middle-south Sicily , near airbase Sigonella … so best is add squadron with what planes with you want to train … and train
But, yes, real training missions are in Korea… but I guess it’s not such a problem, is it?
Everything you need is in BMS pdf manual(s), so fire up Falcon BMS in windowed mode first so you can read manual , pause, freeze the game and do it step by step.
Regards
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How can I fly the HAF 52’s?
Can’t seem to find them anywhere on the starting screen of the campaign.
I added the program Mission commander.
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There aren’t any HAF F-16s in the Balkans campaigns.